Road scraper



Jan. 19, 1932. G. E. DEAN ET AL ROAD S CRAPER Filed Sept. 23, 1929 1: 0e To a Georgy 513mm. Charles GNZSHQTI Patented Jan. 19," 1932 I GEORGE E. DEAN AND CHARLES G. WILLE 'DEALN ASSIGNOR uro' s lirn gwinnnlrr ROAD sonfiir'nn I Application filed September 2a,j-:1'e29.-fiseria1 in. 394,408. 1

This invention relates to road scrapers and is concerned with improvements and simplifications in the operating means for raising and lowering a scraper relative to the road surface over which it movies, being particu- The scraper 1s mounted for rocking movement on a supporting rock shaft beneath'the chassis of a truck, and a connection is made.

between said rock shaft and acounter-shaft also mounted beneath the truck and forward of the rock shaft. In our invention a direct gearing connection is made between the,

counter-shaft and a vertical operating shaft which is positioned at one side of the chassis frame and at one side of'the cab of the truck,

so as to be directly accessible by the driver of the truck and yet out of the way and afford no interference to the driver in his operation of the truck. Such method of operating the counter shaft and the scraper rock shaft greatly simplifies the construc tion shown in the pending application of Dean, reduces the costof manufacture, eliminates danger of breakage or getting out of order, to a considerable degree eliminates frame drilling and weakening thereof and makes the construction much better in every way because of the extreme simplicity and the much less number of partsrequired.

An understanding of the invention may be had from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which,

Fig. 1 is a fragmentarysideelevation of a truck equipped with our invention which is illustrated in full in side elevation.

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the truck chassis and the scraper construction applied thereto the chassis frame being broken away for a better disclosure.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionthrough the scraper, and the rock shaft and counter-shaft which operates the same, and

with the truck body removed, certain parts'of' line i4-%tofFig. 1.' 1 r V v Like reference characters refer to like parts in the; different figures of the draw-' -1 Theltr uck to whiclrthe scraper is applied a or aammms; mrenisang sarn is a verticalisectionion the planeof includes a chassis frame having spaced-apart side members 7-1. [Hanger brackets 2 are mounted on anddepend from the frame members; 1E and i are vertically adjustable with re spectthereto. There are twoof the hanger brackets at each side of the-truck spaced from eachnotherj and between the lower ends of said-gbracketsf, at each side .of the truck, a pair; of hori zontal bars 3 are mounted and securely; attached' tofthe lower ends ofithe hanger brackets. V e -f I The =scraper'isjcarried by; the pairs of bars 3, onep'air being located at each sideof and under i t-he truck. 'A- supporting beam r 4 in fornrof a 'chann el lies underneath the bar's3 and is mounted-thereon by meansof the bars 5,;whicl1 are permanently secured at their ends to-thef beam 4 and'have raised intermediate sections passing over the upperedges .of the V bars 3el=g Tliispermits an angularadjustment indefinite number of angular positions; also a reversal from an angular positionin which the scraping isto'onefsideof the road to anot enpQ nin whi h h sc ping l be to the opposite side ofathe road'as indicated in eofth eibeam with respect to'the bars 3 to an 6 which engage underneath the free edges of the flanges of thechannelbeam 4.- and may be tightened and secured in place by tightening the nuts on }the bolts 7 passing throughsaid clips andjbetween the bars 3asshownJ At the'nnder side of thebeam 4:,a plurality of dependingsupporting hangers 8 are per- I manently secured which carry a rock shaft 9. A scraper blade 10 {is mounted on the rock shaftthrougl the medium of spring arms 11 v 4 which are identical in, construction with the likespring arms shown in the Deanapplicw, tion. previously mentioned Rocking x the shaftfl raises or lowers the free edge of the scraper bladeelQ with respect to the road surface over which the truck passes and wit which the scraper may engage.

An arm 12 is permanently secured in any suitable manner to the shaft 9 midway between its ends sothat when the beam 4 is adjusted to different angular positions it turns about a vertical axis substantially co-incident with the vertical center line of the 'arm.12..

An eye 13 is secured to and extends forward plates, means interconnecting the countershaft and the rock shaft whereby rotation of one causes rotation of the other and means for operating said counter-shaft.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

GEORGE E. DEAN. CHARLES G. WILLETT.

from the lower end-of the arm 12. A link 14 I has an eye at its rear end connecting with the eye 13 and a second eye at its front end pass ing over a lateral pin 15 projecting from an" arm 16 cast integral with a clamping member 17 secured to a horizontal counter-shaft 18,

located in front'of the rock shaft 9 and at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the truck frame. a

The counter-shaft 18' is mounted on and carried by suitable plates 19 which are secured to the front hanger brackets and supporting bars; .3, being a unit therewith. At oneend it is equipped with a worm wheel20 meshing with which is a vertically positioned worm 2 1 housed in a suitable housing 22 which is fastened at the front end of plate 19 effective lock to hold the scraper blade to any position to which it is moved. Itis further apparent that by this simple means the counter shaft 18 maybe'very easily operated and there is a direct connection between it and the rock shaft 9. The connecting link, located at right angles to the axis of thecounter shaft'18 is not subjected to eccentric stresses but only to a direct tension. There is reduction in strain on the truck frame'due to much less drilling of the frame for the supporting members of the scraper. The operating means for raising and lowering the scraper blade accordingly is not only very simple but is particularly effective, while the durability of the construction is greatly increased over-the structure shown in the pending application of Dean. The invention is defined in the appended claim and is to be considered comprehensive of all forms of structure coming within its scope.

I We claim:

In a construction of the class described, a truck frame, arock shaft, means depending from saidtruck frame for revolubly supporting said rock shaft, scraping mechanism mounted upon said rock shaft, plates'rigidly fastened to said rock shaft supporting means,

a counter-shaftrotatably mounted in said 

